cups-1.5.4-*-1vl70 found in the testing repo of VL-7.0. This is broken and does not work. I downgraded to 1.4.6 and was able to use the printer. The cups service can be confirmed started via terminal, however communications seem to be an issue.

I'm not sure what cups package is being used for VL-7.1, but if it's based on the 1.5.4-vl70,,, package then it probably doesn't work. I will try to get this confirmed ,either way, for vl-7.1 as soon as I can.

And the version before 1.4.6 was better than 1.4.6. Though I can print wirelessly to my office xerox just fine, I have not been able to print to my HP laser-jet since I upgraded from VL6. Perhaps Apple is trying to tell us something.